Amherst News-Times, 1924-05-01

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VOL. V, NO. M
THE AMHERST NEWS-TIMES.
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ISSUED THURSDAY
AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1924
Subscription Pries, 91.00 Par Year
"Sandstone Center of ths World"
BUSINESS MEN BACK "BOOST AMHERST" CAMPAIGN
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SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE
TOMORROW BECAUSE OF
LICK OFJUNOS. REPORT
School Budget Cut Nearly $8,000 said to Be the Cause of Closing
At This Time;   Amount Per Pupil L'Ower than Some.
8UPT. POWERS MAKES REPORT SHOWING
AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL IN AMHERST
Dropping of Some of the Subjects would not Decrease number
of Teachers Needed
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Is the Motto of the Business Men Who, with
The News-Times are Backing the
"Boost Amherst" Campaign
iilTING WITH TNE NEWS-TIMES.
niEY HOPE TO PUT NEW SPIRIT
AND LIFE INTO COMMUNITY
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For the flrst time In many years,
the Amherst public schools wlll close
at the conclusion of an eight-months
term; lack of funds being the cause.
This becomes effective tomorrow, In
compliance with the decialon ot the
Board ot Education at a meeting last
Tuesday evening. Of the five achool
board members, three voted to close
the school and two against It.
Teachers had previously agreed to release the board ol their nine-months
contracts. '
In a Statement made by W. O. Nord,
president ot the board of education,
he said that the aituation is caused, to
a large extent, by the budget being cut
nearly $8,000, and by having the new
building left Incomplete; that is, there
were « number ot necessary things
which had to be done. However, financial embarrassment has been experienced tn previous years, but the
present school law does -not permit
borrowing money. <State aid was applied for by the local board but It has
not Men granted.
The following statistics was submitted by F. R. Power* Superintendent of the Amherst schools: A
state-wide survey in 1819 showed that
tbe valuation per pupil enrolled ln the
atate was 1100.03. Amherst's present
valuation Is 8*8.03 pupil. The state
report shows that Lorain county, in
eluding Lorain, Elyrla and Oberlin,
paya $88 for each pupil enrolled. This
Includes the amount expended for
bonds and Interest (for new buildings
Amherst's allowance this year ls $61
per pupil, or $17 less per pupil than
the county budget? Leaving out the
cities ot (Elyrla and Lorain, and ex
eluding Oberlin, there are 28 school
districts In Lorain county. In money
allowed for operating expenses 'this
year 'Rochester township stands first
with $124 per pupil. Operating expenses ln the sense here used, do not
Include funds for bonds and interest.
Amherst in this respect stands twenty-
fourth from the top, or fourth from the
bottom of the list, with an allowance
of $88 per pupil. On the aame basis
Wellington gets $78, or $19 more per
pupil. The county average for operating expenses Is $86 per pupil.
' In a report made to the Board laat
aprlng by Mr. Powers, attention was
called to the peculiarity of the laws
governing school finance, and the difficulty ot accurate planning. While
schools plan their expenditures In the
spring of the year, they have no way of
knowing their receipts before the following tall. The Amherst situation
was more than usually uncertain tbe
poat year because the valuatIon on
which to base operating expense was
unknown. School district lines were
being changed, which might effect tbe
valuation and also the revenues.
Then too, what law might govern financial operators was uncertain at the
time.
There has been some question about
the different types of school work carried out this year. Supt. Powers produced statistics which show that In
the school year of 1921-1922 one superintendent, one principal, one part time
music teacher, thirteen elementary
and five high school teachers, or a
total of al were employed in the central building. Since then" territory
employing five teachers was added,
making a total teaching force of 26.
Under the present organisation the
entire number, Including full time
teachers In Art, Music, Gymnasium
(1 class in chemistry), Manual training end Domestic science, totals 86
also. In other words, all special work
la carried on without any Increase in
the teaching force, other than putting
one part-time teacher on fnll time.
This la accomplished through the so-
called "platoon system", by which arrangement part of the teachers are
carrying on classes In the special
branches while others are occupied
with auch subjects oa reading, arithmetic and georgraphy. Dropping a
subject, such as art. would not do-
creases the number of teachers at all,
Supt. Powers sold.
Powers further stated that expenditure for teachers salaries ln a large
number of schools ranged from 60 to
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CLEAN UP, BY GOSH.
IHE COUNCIL SAYS
Coin' f Polish up th' Hull Town
on May th' 7th and 8th
SHEPHERD BOY TO
SPEAK HERE MAY 7
Sunday
Will
The village Kouncll, the mayre, the
Biznes men's Assosheatlon, the skool.
th' preachera, the >boy skoots, the
wlmmens klubs, an' Iverbody whuts
got a lick o' pride in this town, has
Jlned In a move to clean up, an' polish
up th' hull town next week Toosday
and Wensday, th' 7th an' 8th <>' May.
'F ya gotta a vacan lot that's goln'
to break out wld weeds like the
measels or rubels in Mexico, as Mickey sec, shake a wicked ho an' rake,
an' loosen up yer jlnts. The twno
dadB  may call  it a  noosance   if yo*
dont an' do some tldyln' fer ye. due|| ■ ■■■■■■■
bill to ye later on.
Ya gotta house? Dus the blamed
outside ov it luk Ilk It shud be in
No Man's Land? Oit a brush 'n paint
It! Make It purty an' decent Ilk humans lived in it an' not the other kind.
We here that th' kummltte is to
slnd the trucks and wagons aroun'
on Toosday an' Wenaday, th' 7th an'
8th ov May. This Is to niuk a kol-
lectlon ov tin cans 'n bottles 'n things
which don' squush or ya cant burn up.
Oit yur kollectlon out on display no
later than Toosday mornln' tho, Una
they alnt gonna visit no habitation
morn onct, an' if yer too late, yer
gonna be outa luck, thassall.
Th' stores wll sel ya scrubbln'
things, 'n paint in' things, 'n spades,
'n hose, 'n soap, 'n glass, 'n seeds,
'u whatever ya need. They say th'
drug storz have even things fur th'
gurls to clean an' paint wld.
But enny way, rassle a pick, 'n wiggle a brush, an' can th' weeds, an'
bum the trash. Oil on th' band
wagguu an' yell yure fule hed off for
a clean fine town.
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American Specialty Co.
Amherst Furniture Co.
Amherst Hardware Co.
Amherst Lumber Co.
Amherst Park Bank Co.
Amherat Savings A Banking Co.
C. C. Aschenbach
Auto Top Hospital
J. B. Avery
C. E. Baker
Jacob Baus
Beaney's Market
Beaver Park Co.
W. J, Bodmann & Co.
Jack Brennen
C. J. Ehrman
William H. Ehrman
Carl Ernst
Dr. H. L. Hall —
L. J. Henes
Dr. H. G. Hoffner
Fred Holzhauer/
August Jaeger
L. P. Lersch
Charlee Ludwig
W. R. MacCarthy
E. H. Mays
Dr. Bryce Miller
Frank Mischka
Ohio Cut Stone Co.
Plato Coal &. Supply Co.
Dr. H. W.  Powers
E. C. Schuler
Ludwig Thomas
Wesbecher Hardware Co.
Conrad Zilch
Werner Zilch Transfer Line
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Give Them Your Patronage. They are Interested in You
and Your Community. They stand for Progress
AMHERST FIRST
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Boosters Want to Enlist the Co-operation and Support of all in
Favor of Progress;    Plan the Campaign to
Continue for Six Months
NEWS-TIMES WILL BE GIVEN FREE TO
EVERY HOME IN AMHERST AND VICINITY
Organization of an Association is Seen as the First Neceeeary'
Step to Get the Town United
POSTPONED CONCERT
PLANNED FOR MAY 19
Will Be Held in Town Hall; Tickets Now on Sale By
Members
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Also Lecture on
at 3:00 P. M.
YOUNG PEOPLE HOST
TO COUNTY LEAGUES
One  Hundred  Twenty-five are
Entertained by Amherstites Tuesday
The I. O. O. F. hall represented a
tpringllke appearance last Monday
evening, when imembers of the Evangelical league of Christian Endeavor
of tbe Stone church were hosts to
the various leagues throughout the
district. Quests numbering 226 responded to roll call, including representatives from-Lorain, Huron, South
Rldge, Independence, Henrietta, Cleveland and Brownhelm churches.
The hall was extensively decorated
with pink and green streamers. Following a miscellaneous program, plentiful refreshments were served and a
social time was enjoyed, z
On May l&th the assembly ls Invited to Cleveland to attend a rally.
The local entertainment was held in
the nature of a get-together meeting
Tbe program follows: *
Music     Orchestra
Songs by assembly	
.. .- Led by Mr. Charles Thuers
Scripture reading -. Mrs. Jacob Miller
Prayer   Rev. Kern
Piano Selection 	
 Mrs. Qeorge Schroeder
Songs  Led by Mr. Thuers
Welcome  address   C.  J.' Springer
Vocal  numbers   Male  Quartet
Planologne Miss Zelma Muth
Address   Rev. Tlmms
Vocal numbers Male Quartet
Closing remarks  Rav. Prats
The latter Jart of tbe program was
Interspersed by short talks from the
various endeavorers represented.
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Miss M'ldred Brucker and Alma
Ornsted of Lorain speut Sunday with
Mias Haleu Orcutt.
An American citizen made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land recently,
but it was made under different circumstances than the usual tour of
l'ule<itine, for this American was going home, home to the land of his
birth. In his boyhood he had tended
his father's flocks on the hills around
the Sea of Galilee. He had come to
America, where by dint of his own
hard work he had graduated from an
American university. And he returned
to the land of his fathers, the Holy
Land, of all Chrlstundom.
That man was Stephen A. Hah-
oush, author, lecturer, and traveler.
And in hla pilgrimage back to the
land of his birth he saw Palestine
with native eyes uud with the eyes of
an American citizen. He brought
back to America, wfth him, a marvelous moving picture of Palestine
life and customs, thrilling scenes of
the Holy Places of antiquity. He
brought back to the land of his adoption the reul story of Palestine as it
was and ls, a true interpretation of
the Bible sory in the light of people
und places which have not changed
those two thousand years.
Stephen A. Haboush knows Palestine as most Americans never can
know it, becuuse it is his native land.
He knows it, too, as an American, because he Is an American himself an
American by choice und adoption.
People of Amherst wlll be privileged
to hear Stephen A. Hnboush next
Wednesday night ut St. I'eters
k!vangelical church.
He is bringing to Amherst the true
story of Palestine, told by one who
knows best. He brings his marvelou*
motion pictures of places and scenes
that ure inaccessible to Europeans
His travelogue promises to be a treut.
It is something different, the like of
which dies not exist. The public is invited.
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URGE TRIMMING OF LOW
BRANCHES OF TREES
THE WEEK'S CALENDAR
CALENDAR
Friday, May 2
7:30    p.    m.   Party    ut    St.
Peter's  church  for entire  bible
school.
Saturday, May 3
7:30   p.   m.   Community   club
dunce at Ehrman hall.
Monday, May 6
6:30 p. at,, .Businsss meu's
supper at I. O. O. P. hall
7:16 p ni. Choral Union practice at school house. Tuesday
aud Wednesday are clean-up
days.
Wednesdsy,  May 7
8:00 p. m.    Motion pictures ot
tarpon  Ashing  at  school  house
gym.   All Invited.
8:00 p. in. Stereoptlcon lecture by mun from Galilee at St.
Peter's church. Community Invited.
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OPEN LETTER ON
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Miss Beatrice Delbrldge of Oberlin
college spent tbe week-end with her
parents here.
Mayor Nord urges that lu conjunction with clean-up week, to be held
next Tuesday and Wednesday, ull residents and property owners remove
all dead und low hanging limbs und
brum lies from trees along the streets,
so.thut same will not interfere with
unmbrellas which pedestrians may
carry   during rainy or hot weather.
PARKING LINES ARE
MARKED OFF ON STREETS
TO SHOW MOVIES
OF TARPON FISHING
V. B. Cray, Rod and Cun Editor of Plain Dealer Here
Without a doubt, all outdoor enthusiasts in this section are familiar
with the name of V. B. Gray, who ls
rod and gun editor ot the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. Gray wlll be at the high
school gym iu Amherst on the evening
of Muy 7th, under tho auspices of The
Amherst Outdoor-Life association. In
idlltlon to his actual presence, his experience in landing an unwilling hundred-pound tarpon llsh, together with
Other feats requiring unusual acquutic
llflll, will lie shown on the silver
icreen. Most of tlie pnetures were
tikes bfl l1"' west Florida coast, and
ill ure from reul experience. Besides
the features offered by Gruy, mil-de by
the Stone church quantum- uud by the
high school orchestra will be rendered.   All are invited.
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GRADUATES MUST TAKE
EXAMS FOR NORMAL
The work of marking-off the streets
ln tbe business section, ln compliance
with the parking ordinance, is now ln
progress. In all probability lt will be
completed sometime tomorrow. Parking parallel with the curb will be Enforced on one side of Church street
and Park avenue. The white lines on
the opposite sides Indicate the angles
and spaces in which machines may be
placed. Whetr tbe work Is completed,
strict compliance with the specifications will he demauded.
All high school graduates who are
expecting to enter a normal school to
prepare for teaching thl coming year
must take un entrance extmination
under the direction of the State Department of Education, according to
word received today from County superintendent of schools, E. C. Seale.
For this purpose, a general examination will be held at the high school
building In Elyrla on Saturday, May
10, 192, at !) o'clock a. m. There will
be u forenoon and afternoon session.
The extmination can be completed iu
one day, Mr. Seale announces.
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Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Cotton, Mr. aud
Mrs.   Carl   Schmltkons   aud   Mra.   J.
At the Monday evening reheursal
of the Amherst Choral union final arrangements were made for the Spring
Concert. Monday evening, May 19th.
was decided upon, und the Town Hull
is the place. Previous plan* were to
give the concert on March 31st, Jiut
the  date   was   postponed.
Inasmuch as tickets were already
printed und placed on sale previous
to the postponement, these wlll be
honored for the enterainment. All
members of the union are selling
tickets and so far the results ure
grutlfylng.
The Choral union was organized
lust full und has since conducted ro-
heursals under the direction of Mrs.
It. II Hearn. On severul occasions
when the union made public appearances they were well received.
The program will consist of sacred
numbers, (negro spirituals, lullabies
und other groups in uddttion to special
numbers. These will Include readings, violin'solos und selections by a
inul quartet. Following tre the members of the union:
George Abderhulden, Mrs. George
Abderhulden. Mrs. 'klmer I laker. C. G.
Ashenbach, Elizabeth Ashenbuch, Hilda
Becker, Herman Beeslng, George C.
Cox, Helen Decker, Casper Dute, Mrs.
Thresu Dute, Eugene Eastman, Llbby
Gerlach, Carolyn Guild, Evelyn Guild.
.Mrs. 0< M. Harris, Dorothea Hearn,
Flora Hearn, Ray Hearn, Mrs. Hay
Hearn. Edith Heller. Fred Holzhauer,
Mrs. B. A. Jenne, Mrs. Henry Kune
Akiics Luhiff, Albert I.ukofski, Mrs.
R. L. Menz, Mrs. H. C. Moore, Zelma
Muth, Myrtle Ream. Airs. Fred lloemer
Elinore Ruth, Helen Snbiers, Mrs. E.
0. Schibley. MYs. C. J. Springer, Vlolu
Weiss, Charlotte '.Standen. Gertrude
Wernert, Luura Wltte.
EMEI ATTEND
MERCHANTS DINNER
Business Men Pleased with Prospects for Campaign
Schiiaitkoiia   ull   of   Elyrlu,
herst visitors Sunday.
were  Am-
Dr.  and  Mrs. W.  H. Turner spent
last Thursday evening iu Vermilion.
April 30, 1924.
An Open Letter to the Amherst School
Board.
Gentlemen:
1 have today heard upon good authority that your body has decided to
close the Amherst Schools on May 2nd
because of lack of sufficient funds to
continue school for the full fine
months as planned. I am writing to
ask if it is altogether too late for your
body to consider u protes t agulnst
such closing. —
This letter is in no way intended us
a crltlclsim of the splendid work of
your bourd during the pust yeur. nor
Of your action in ordering school
closed on May 2nd. It, no doubt,
seemed the best und possibly the only
wuy out of u bad situation. It my
humble opinion there Is u better wuy,
uud It is this thought I um asking you
to consider.
If it ls necessary, as It seems to be,
to hold school for only eight months,'
j either  this  year or  next,  because  of
! lnsuitlclent funds, Is it not tar better
1 to  have  a  well-planned  eight  month'
school next yeur than to cut a month
from this school year which had been '
planned   as.  a   nine   months   yeur?:
Everyone of our eight hundred pupils |
from first grade to high school seniors j
will, lt school closes Muy 2nd, huve to
leuvc their work unfinished and incomplete.   This mouth cun never be mude
up—lt  is  absolutely  lost.    Have  you
thought   whut   it   mean?     With   800
pupils It means 800 months, or 66 2-3
yeurs of school lost.    Our experts on
the value of education in dollars and
cents tell us thut every day Is worth
$U. to the student in high school und
$4 tu the boys nnd girls ln the grudes.
Vour action in closing school on May 2
lakes from our boys and girls $60,000
In years to come.
Further than that is seems to me
that this last month is much the most
important of the whole year. It ls the
time of finishing the Job, reviewing
aud clinching the work of the whole
year. The boys and girls go out feeling that they have finished something
worth while and something has been
accomplished. Of this you rob them if
you close school now.
On the other hand, If rightly planned ahead of time by superintendent
und teachers, a very satisfactory oight
months year can 'be arranged. Nearly, if not quite the same amount ot
ground can be covered ln most studies
in eight months as In nine.
This statement comes out of an experience as member ot a school board
for five years, during two of which we
were compelled, becuuse of lack of
funds, to run eight-month terms.
If we  must have au eight months
school year, let lt be planned this summer und begin next fall.   Let our eight      _,..  uuii   jjrs.  Harry   Williams  and
hundred boys and girls, who have been   daughter Myrtle are visiting relatives
working  so   well   under  our  splendid  an(| frleuds In Detroit,
force  of  teachers,  finish   their  year's
work us planned.    Let tbem hoe out   their task unfinished.
Eighteen business men'responded to
the call of the Monday weekly evening dinner meeting last week, and Important   mutters   were   discussed.
The business men were pleased
with the response given to the News-
Times for udvertlslng to muke imih-
sllile the •'Boost Amherst Campaign.
An extreme effort will be mude to
keep   Amherst   business   in   Amherst.
As one business mun said, "if we
wunt to get more business und eventually more money we must spend
more."
The ussoclutlon decided to obtain
u speuker ou sulueamuuship for a
future meeting ut which clerks und
salesmen of the merchants will be Invited   to  uttend.
The next meet ing will be held in the
I. O. O. F. hull. Members who have
been absent at these meetings ure
urged to uttend.
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MRS. SAUL EPPLEY DIES
Russel Plato left Sunday to resume
his studies ut Dayton university.
'Mrs. Suul Eppley, 60, well-kuown iu
this community, died at her home near
Elyrlu, early Monduy morning.    Death
' followed a week's llines with pneumonia.     Her  husband,  u   son,   Irviu,
1 und u daughter, Peurl, ure the survivors.     Funeral   services   were   cou-
j ducted Wednesday afternoon und in
torment     mude     In     Murruy     ridge
I cemetery.
the row.    Don't shut the school door
in their faces aud send them out with
Very siucerely,
(Signed)  F.  E.  Eastman
With the determined purpose to
muke the wheels of progress move
faster ln Amherst, tbe Amherst Business Men's Association, uniting with
the News-Times, this week Inaugurated u "Boost Amherst" campaign
which will continue from the present
week   until   November   1st.
During the "Booster" period the
business men and the News-Times
hope to enlist the co-operation and
support of every resident who wants
Amherst to progress. Several plans
ami projects already have been suggested and will be pushed by the
merchants and  this newspaper.
During the six months period those
who ure pushing the campaign hope
to put new lite and spirit into the
town: they hope to do things that will
make outsiders and those who are not
progressive enough to be interested
sit up and take notice. The one
thought in their minds for the next
heir year will be a bigger and better
Amherst, and this campaign will be
only the starting point for fetter
things here, if the will of the business men and the News-Times Is accomplished.
The Amherst 'News Company will
deliver a copy of the News-Times
euch week during the six month
period free of charge to every home
In Amherst und rural routes of Amherst. Subscriptions of all paid-up
dubscrlbers wlll be advanced for six
mouths. Accounts of delinquents will
remain on the company's books and
may be paid any time. A delinquent
subscriber will be allowed to take advantage of advancing his subscription
six months if he pays this week.
Every resident of Amherst knows
and believes he Is living in the best
town in tlie United States. Amherst
has everything every other town has
and more. Good location, near large
cities, near Luke Erie; excellent transportation facilities by steam and electric; best wuter supply in the state;
good sewage system; well lighted
streets; pavement on almost every
street ln town; u group of prosperous
and helpful churches; good schools.
Whut else is there to be desired in
the wuy of modern Lmprovoment?
But, muny progressive citizens, ask,
why, If the town hus such wonderful
facilities, does it now grow faster and
continually get better things?
The unswer cannot 'be given at the
present. Undoubtedly there are a
number of reasons. The "Boost Amherst" campaign should, however determine these reasons aud eliminate
them.
One of the flrst moves on the program of the "Boost Amherst" camalgn
should be to take definite steps to
have an other Old Home Week cele-
brut ion this summer. The News-
Times hus written before about the
same topic, but little action has been
tuken. As u purt of the camaign, this
celebration by all means should be
held.
The business men and other interests of Amherst should determine
a way to increase the population of
the town. In a decadelrom 1910 to
l'i-'" the town grew in population only
from 2.106 to 2,485. A higher number
at the present time is doubted by
many. It seems u shame to many of
the more progressive citizens thut this
town hus not grown tuster. Tbe draw
back, us The News-Times sees it, ls
thut there bas been no organisation,
no combined effort to get anywhere.
Kven a great many of the business
men apparently are not interested ln
the future growth ot the town tbey
think the best iu the country. The
entire town must work together. A
goul should be set, und the next census should be watched for results.
To fall in line with the revival ot
the spirit of progress in Amherst,
The News-Times intends to give tbe
residents u better newspuper. For six
months it will be given free. Many
persons in this town perhaps never
huve seen a News-Times. Now (hey
ure going to get the chance. A newspaper with all the news, that pushes
progress for the town, and Is for the
towu every minute of the day, and
every duy ot the year, ls one of tbe
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